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The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business Schooland the Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School present:
M&A in Japan: Reenergized
Thursday, December 4, 2014 6:00p.m. - 7:30p.m. (a reception to follow)
Room 104, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School (435 W. 116th Street, New York, NY 10025)
Panelists:
Hidemi Moue, CEO, Japan Industrial Partners Inc. Jonathan Rouner, Head of International M&A, Nomura Securities International 
Discussant: Curtis J. Milhaupt, Parker Professor of Comparative Corporate Lawand Director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Synopsis: This panel discussion addresses the state and outlook of M&As in Japan. In 2013, the value of M&A deals in Japan reached the lowest in the last decade. However, despite the decline in value of M&A deals, the market atmosphere has been that of increased activity and optimism. Especially with the boost in investor confidence Japanese corporates enjoyed in 2013, trends indicate that Japanese executives will demonstrate increased confidence to venture beyond borders and develop winning approaches for post-acquisition management. The panelists will offer their unique insights on aspects of strategic management, corporate finance, and management to revitalize M&As in and for a restructuring Japan. 
Japan Industrial Partners, a leading Japan based PE fund manager, has invested in 16 companies, most of which have been carved out entities of major Japanese corporations, such as NEC, Seiko, Nippon Steel, Toyota, Asahi Glass, Yamaha, Mitsubishi Electric, Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Olympus.
Biographies:
Hidemi Moue, CEO anda co-founder of Japan Industrial Partners, Inc., has been the Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 2002. Prior to founding Japan Industrial Partners, Inc., Mr. Moue had 3 years of experience in venture capital management and over 20 years of experience in corporate finance. Mr. Moue helped found and served as Deputy President of Mobile Internet Capital, a venture capital company affiliated with NTT DoCoMo. At The Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ), where he worked for 23 years, served as the Head of Corporate Banking Department for IBJ's London Branch and the Head of Corporate Finance at IBJ Securities in Tokyo. Mr. Moue received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the University of Tokyo. 
Jonathan Rouner,leads Nomura's M&A and Industrials practices in North America. Mr. Rouner has advised onover $200 billion of strategic and financing transactions for clients in a wide range of industries.Mr. Rouner began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Credit Suisse First Boston,where he advanced to Managing Director and served as a member of the Investment Banking Committee.He joined Lehman Brothers in 2005 and joined Nomura in 2009 in connection with its acquisition of LehmanBrothers international operations.Mr. Rouner received his B.A. from Yale University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Discussant: Curtis J. Milhaupt's research and teaching interests include the legal systems of East Asia, corporate law, comparative corporate governance, law and economic development, and state capitalism. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, he has co-authored or edited seven books, including US. Corporate Law (Yuhikaku, 2009, in Japanese), Law and Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Development around the World (University of Chicago Press, 2008) and Transforming Corporate Governance in East Asia (Routledge Press, 2008). He is currently editing a forthcoming volume on Chinese state capitalism. His research has been profiled in The Economist, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and has been widely translated.
Professor Milhaupt lectures regularly at universities and think tanks around the world. Twice he has been named Best Teacher in Finance and Law at the Duisenberg School of Finance, University of Amsterdam, where he teaches regularly. Professor Milhaupt has been a member of several international project teams focused on policy issues in Asia, including one charged with designing an institutional blueprint for a unified Korean peninsula.
Prior to entering academia, Professor Milhaupt practiced corporate law in New York and Tokyo with a major law firm. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He also conducted graduate studies in law and international relations at the University of Tokyo.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick is founder and director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, codirector of Columbia's APEC Study Center, and R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus at Columbia Business School. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1984 after some years as Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. He completed his B.A. at Yale University (1951), earned M.A. degrees in Japanese Studies (1955) and Economics (1957) and the Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan (1960). He has been a visiting professor at Hitotsubashi University, University of Tokyo and University of Bombay. Professor Patrick has been awarded Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships and the Ohira Prize. His professional publications include 18 books and some 60 articles and essays. His most recent publications are How Finance Is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea (Columbia University Press, 2013), co-edited with Yung Chul Park and Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions (MIT Press, 2005), coauthored and coedited with Takatoshi Ito and David E. Weinstein. Professor Patrick served as one of four American members of the binational Japan United States Economic Relations Group appointed by President Carter and Prime Minister Ohira, 1979-1981. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Japan Society for seven three-year terms. In November 1994 the Japanese Government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star (Kunnit Zuihsh). He was awarded an honorary doctorate of Social Sciences by Lingnan University, Hong Kong in 2000 and the Eagle on the World award by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York in 2010.
 
This symposium is part of CJEB's program, "The New Global Financial Architecture."
This event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
General Contact: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, cjeb@columbia.edu
Media Contact: Ryoko Ogino, ro2213@columbia.edu
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